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+- Issue #7552: Removed line feed in the base64 Authorization header in
+  the Distutils upload command to avoid an error when PyPI reads it.
+  This occurs on long passwords. Initial patch by JP St. Pierre.
+
 - Issue #7231: urllib2 cannot handle https with proxy requiring auth. Patch by
   Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa.